Placing spreadsheet data into a table quickly formats it and makes it easy to work with and analyze. Here’s how to use this basic yet powerful Excel tool. Tables are one of the fundamental tools in ...

Q. You explained Excel’s Scenario Manager in your November 2024 Tech Q&A article and Goal Seek in your December 2024 Tech Q&A article. Can you please explain the final What-If Analysis tool: Data ...

Inserting a pivot table in a sheet in Excel 2013. Image: Screenshot by Susan Harkins/TechRepublic When is the last time you opened Microsoft Excel to do some data science? If it's been a while, you're ...

Much of the data that you use Excel to analyze comes in a list form. You might need to sort the data, filter it, sum it, and perhaps even chart it. Excel tables provide superior tools for working with ...

Have you ever felt like your Excel skills hit a ceiling, no matter how many pivot tables you create? You’re not alone. While standard pivot tables are a reliable tool for summarizing data, they often ...

How to use Excel’s Data Model to turn related data into meaningful information Your email has been sent Excel's Data Model feature allows you to build relationships between data sets for easier ...

Although getting into the habit of naming tables in Excel can take some time if it's not something you usually do, here's why today's the day to start. First, if you're working with a large workbook ...

Have you ever opened an Excel file and felt a pang of unease? Rows upon rows of data, cryptic formulas sprawled across cells, and a tangle of manual formatting that seems one misstep away from chaos.

You’re probably familiar with selection shortcuts in Microsoft Excel. There are several that select text, sentences, whole paragraphs, and so on, so it should come as no big surprise that shortcuts ...

Microsoft Excel has more dataviz capabilities than you may realize. Find out how to make your data stand out with charts, PivotTables, sparklines, slicers and more. Everyone knows Microsoft Excel as a ...